Samantha Tan is a Canadian race car driver in the GT America Powered by AWS professional sports car racing series. We caught up with her at the media luncheon for the 2024 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach where she was getting ready to race a BMW GT4 car and has a cool story to tell about how she got to where she is today. She came home from that event with two good results – a fifth in Race 1 and a podium second place in Race 2 in the GT4 class. She’s won numerous championships over her career and she also fills us in on the preparation she goes through to get ready for an event. She’s had a competitive season and has multiple wins and podium finishes in the Pro-Am class with her co-driver (Neil Verhagen) in a BMW GT3 car. Her next race is fast approaching – the Indianapolis 8-hour scheduled for October 3-6, 2024. Enjoy! P.S. For more information on Samantha Tan, please visit her website at: https://www.st-racing.org/
NOTE: This is the fifth and final in a series of interviews of women for www.raceshool.com and our “Women in Motorsports” month of September. This has now become an annual tradition. We’ve heard from women with various roles in the motorsports industry from team owners, drivers and more. Thanks for checking in!
By Larry Mason
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Samantha Tan is happy to be racing at Long Beach and worldwide!
Samantha Tan stands in front of her trailer and is ready to revisit the concrete lined street course in Long Beach.
Samantha gives a preview of her race weekend at the media luncheon for the Grand Prix. Fellow drivers, crew members, media, and others listen in to hear what she has to say.
Tan leads a number of competitors at Long Beach. There are various classes that race in this series. At Long Beach she finished 5th and 2nd in class in the two races.
Tan hustles her resplendently liveried BMW through the always challenging Turn 10 at Long Beach.
Tan races her BMW M4 GT4 car through the apex at Turn 9. Note that the GT4 car has more body lean than you would find in a GT3 car.
Interview and photos Copyright © by Larry Mason (unless otherwise noted)